Inspiration

Yet Another Living Room Post

I'm not obsessing about what to do in the living room.  No, I would NEVER do that.  It's just not how I work. Are you buying that?  Any of it?

Yeah, me neither.

I know, I know, this is becoming a common topic for posts.  Obsessions'll do that to ya.

Here's where the obsession room currently stands (sans the solid pillows which I sold at my parent's tag sale last weekend).

Hubby and I had an awesome discussion on the scenic drive home from a friend's wedding in upstate New York on Saturday about the state of this room.  We both agree that we need to focus on one space at a time so that we don't get overwhelmed (too late).  Logically, the living room is the place to start.  It's the first room you see when you come in the house and its the room we spend the most waking hours in.  We also agree that it's the room that just isn't working for one reason or another.  Unfortunately, another thing that we agree on is the fact that we shouldn't be spending a lot of money on new furniture right now, so my dreams of a new couch will need to be put on hold.  A girl can still dream though, right?

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Isn't she sweet?  She's from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams (which is located 5 minutes from the house.  Coincidence? I think not).  But she'll have to wait.

Hubby and I plan to "shop" our house first to see if we can spice it up with minimal $$.  We plan to try our vintage red chair (which has been hanging out in the office/computer room and I don't seem to have any real pictures of) in place of the matchy chair and see how the scale works.  With a smaller chair in that spot, it might open up that corner a little bit- which is currently a dead area.  I'm torn about this corner.  To bookcase or not no bookcase?  I keep waffling.  As of this current moment, I'm leaning toward no... but then I need to find a different end table for that space.

This weekend may be an action weekend to make something happen in this room.  I'll keep you posted!!

What rooms have you been obsessing dreaming about revamping?

Challenge Accepted!

What do you do when your favorite bloggers join forces and issue a design challenge based on one of your website addictions? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nepysk5rOf4]

Emily Henderson from my favorite HGTV show Secrets from a Stylist, Sherry from Young House Love, Katie from Bower Power Blog, and Lana from Joey and Lana Make a House a Home have issued a Pinterest Challenge!

You should totally go over to the link above and check out the hilarious video that explains the challenge.  And check out their blogs while you're at it, because they're all fantastic and someone could loose hours poking around (in theory of course, because I would never do that... yeah, lets go with that.)

Basically they've all decided to take on a DIY project THIS WEEK based on an inspiration image from pinterest and challenged all their readers to do the same.  You bet your pants I'm joining in the fun!

I have one project in mind that I was hoping to tackle soon anyway, so why not do it before next Tuesday?  I may even get ambitious and try to get to more than one.  Maybe.

Anyway, here is my chosen Pinterest inspiration image:

A plate wall/custom wall art.  I know it's not a HUGE undertaking, but I'm planning to repurpose wall art that I already have to make this happen.

I have this piece of mass-produced metal art.  We got it for the (pictured) kitchen in the apartment and have had it for almost 2 years.  I still like it, but I do not like seeing it in everyone else's houses too. (That's the design snob in me talking again.)

The metal art as it is existing is going to be chopped apart and if I can pull some free time out of my hat, I'll play with paint on a few of them too.  I have more ideas of how to make this project super special and totally new and improved, but you'll just have to wait and see what happens!!

Do you have any pinterest inspired DIY projects you've been wanting to do?  Now's the perfect time to jump in!  Not on pinterest yet?  What are you waiting for?!?!